Anita Douthat
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Born | Anita Douthat 1950 (age 73–74) |
Nationality | American |
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Known for | Fine art photography |
Anita Douthat (born 1950) is an American photographer that creates work "in areas that could be called experimental, and painstakingly ethereal images of transfixing and even transcending beauty."[1]
Biography
Douthat received a bachelor of science from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL) in 1972 and a master of fine arts from the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM) in 1986.[2]
Her photograms have been included in exhibitions at the Cincinnati Art Museum (Cincinnati, OH); Indianapolis Art Center (Indianapolis, IN); Ross Art Museum at Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH); and the Weston Art Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts (Cincinnati, OH).[2]
Her work is included in the collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum (Cincinnati, OH); Museum of Fine Arts (Houston, TX); Columbus Museum of Art (Columbus, OH); and University of New Mexico Art Museum (Albuquerque, NM).[2]
She has been the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Kentucky Foundation for Women.[2]
From 1985–1992, she was curator of the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University and is currently associate director of the Carl Solway Gallery (Cincinnati, OH).[2]
Born in Cincinnati, she currently resides in Alexandria, Kentucky.[2]
Artistic process
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Douthat makes large photograms. She places found objects, chosen for their transparent or opaque qualities, atop photosensitive paper and lets the light burn through to create silhouette-like imagery. Later, the paper is chemically gold-toned — it gets a purplish color — and fixed for permanence. Her Alterations series is of life size images of women's apparel, including wedding dresses.[1][3]
Awards
Douthat has received awards and grants for her work from the following bodies,[3]
- New England Foundation for the Arts
- MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
- National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship in Photography
- Kentucky Foundation for Women
Solo exhibitions
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- 1992: In Praise of Shadows, Houston Center for Photography
- 1993: Vanishing Act, Robert C. May Gallery of Photography, University of KY, Lexington
- 1994: Defying Gravity, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, KY
- 2007: With a Trace, Indianapolis Art Center, IN
- 2014: Under the Sun, Westin Art Gallery, Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, OH.[1]
Selected group shows
- 2015: After the Moment: Reflections on Robert Mapplethorpe, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH.[3]
- 2015: Photography Since the Millennium, Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN[3]
References
- ^ a b c Steve Rosen. "Ethereal Experimentation". citybeat.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ^ a b c d e f Arts, Cincinnati. "Anita Douthat: Under the Sun :: Cincinnati Arts". www.cincinnatiarts.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ^ a b c d Judith Turner-Yamamoto (15 September 2015). "Anita Douthat: Emissary Of Light". Photographer's FORUM. Retrieved 8 March 2018.